Cooling stopped working entirely; laptop overheating

[RING4CY]

You guys are better than Google.

 

[RING4CY]

Now I'm getting this message when I try turning on the laptop.

 

[dmclone]

Is this after you blew it

 

[3TrueFans]

Is this after you blew it

I'm afraid I just blue myself.

 

[RING4CY]

Is this after you blew it

Went and got some Endust for Electronics from Target. Used it on the fan area. Tried turning on the laptop and got this message.

 

[Dr.bannedman]

put it in the microwave for 43 seconds. should do the trick

 

[3TrueFans]

put it in the microwave for 43 seconds. should do the trick

Um, putting it in the microwave for 43 seconds will melt/fry/**** everything up.

You have to put it in for 38 seconds or if your microwave has a Laptop button just use that.

 

[Rabbuk]

Use the popcorn button.

 

[3TrueFans]

Use the popcorn button.

Just make sure you take it out when the popping slows down or you'll burn it.

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

Went and got some Endust for Electronics from Target. Used it on the fan area. Tried turning on the laptop and got this message.

Did you blow it directly into the fan? If you did that, you might've ****ed up the bearings and some fans have a sensor when that goes out giving you that message. Needs to be replaced I think.

 

[3TrueFans]

Did you blow it directly into the fan? If you did that, you might've ****ed up the bearings and some fans have a sensor when that goes out giving you that message. Needs to be replaced I think.

Well you could have told him that first!!

 

[RING4CY]

Did you blow it directly into the fan? If you did that, you might've ****ed up the bearings and some fans have a sensor when that goes out giving you that message. Needs to be replaced I think.

Well ****.

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

Well you could have told him that first!!

My bad...

Well ****.

Good news is that it isn't expensive to replace. Also, you aren't the first to **** up a fan that way, even IT pros do it sometimes. Those bearings are rated for a certain speed and depending on the air can/compressor you can exceed that and **** up the bearings. Bad news is that I probably wouldn't even let it run more than 10min at a time.

An alternative to replacing the fan is this guy: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...&tag=majeslynxtech-20&linkId=66D2YNYW47LUKYTL but you'll need that everywhere you have the laptop. Though it is a light, cheap, and easy "solution".

Fans are the most common thing to go first in laptops so don't feel bad. How old is this laptop anyway?

 

[Cyclonic1]

Fer Gawd's sake just PM 2015 and get it done right - give the kid a $twenty or two and a beer.

 

[sadam]

Well you could have told him that first!!

I was thinking this

 

[RING4CY]

My bad...



Good news is that it isn't expensive to replace. Also, you aren't the first to **** up a fan that way, even IT pros do it sometimes. Those bearings are rated for a certain speed and depending on the air can/compressor you can exceed that and **** up the bearings. Bad news is that I probably wouldn't even let it run more than 10min at a time.

An alternative to replacing the fan is this guy: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...&tag=majeslynxtech-20&linkId=66D2YNYW47LUKYTL but you'll need that everywhere you have the laptop. Though it is a light, cheap, and easy "solution".

Fans are the most common thing to go first in laptops so don't feel bad. How old is this laptop anyway?

Bought it in early summer 2012.

I've been thinking about getting a new laptop. It's why I didn't want to take this in to have someone fix it and charge me for it. The hard drive on this one is just about maxed out. I just need this one to get me through just a little longer.